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  • Essay / The Field of Ergonomics - 1948

    BackgroundThe field of ergonomics emphasizes the idea of ​​designing the perfect product for people so that every time people interact with the product, they experience a beneficial experience and that their health and safety are protected by the shape and design of the product. Ergonomics is not only focused on protecting the body, it also focuses on protecting cognitive abilities (the mind). Therefore, companies should all have ergonomics or human factors departments within their organization so that the products they produce can have a design that is safe for the body and mind. This will make their products much more attractive and their companies more competitive in the entire market. Ergonomics has also been proven to increase user satisfaction and reduce insurance claims in the event of workplace accidents. There is an overall reduction in workplace accidents because the products used by employees are safer and healthier. They do not endanger the employee's physical health like regular products would. With ergonomic products, workers are also more productive, efficient and overall happier when using them. The ergonomic product I studied is the thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD). This product is a computer monitor that produces a variant of liquid crystal display that uses thin film transistor technology that produces better image quality. This product improves visual work performance, space and energy savings with its new technology and eye-friendly low-light color combinations. Although I will focus largely on the computer monitor, TFT-LCD is also found in televisions, flat panel displays and projectors (Ivergard and Hunt 130). The...... middle of document ......perspective for the future. Second ed. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Print.Krupinski, Elizabeth A. "Medical-Grade Color Displays Versus Commercially Available Color Displays: Influence on Observer Performance and Visual Search." Journal of Digital Imaging 22.4 (2009): 363-8. ProQuest. Internet. May 9, 2014. Lu, CW, Yao, CC, & Kuo, CW (2012). The ergonomic approach to the thin film transistor and liquid crystal display manufacturing process. Work, 41(1), 5627-5630. doi:10.3233/WOR-2012-0899-5627.Vierck, Esther and Miller, Jeff. "Preserving the advantages of color and location in a visual search task." » Perception and Psychophysics 70.2 (2008): 365-73. ProQuest. Internet. May 9, 2014. Yamani, Yusuke and Jason S. McCarley. “Visual search asymmetries in color-coded and intensity-coded displays.” Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 16.2 (2010): 124-132. PsycARTICLES. Internet. May 9 2014.